Adjustable picture hanger



April 25, 1961 I. SASLOW ADJUSTABLE PICTURE HANGER Filed June 50, 1959 FIG. 4

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United States Patent 2,981,506 ADJUSTABLE PICTURE HANGER Irving Saslow, 601 Pelham Parkway N., Bronx 67, N .Y. Filed June 30, 1959, Ser. No. 823,888

Claims. (Cl. 248-28) of plate 10' is wider than its upper end 22. The extreme upper terminus of the plate is formed into a hook 23, ending in flange 24, which latter has a perforation 25 for receiving an attaching nail 26. Aligned with aperture 25 of flange 24 is an aperture 27 provided in the upper reduced portion 22 of the base. These apertures 25 and 27 serve as receptacle and guide for nail 26.

Stamped out from upper portion 22 of the base are lugs 28 provided with aligned apertures 29 for receiving a smooth pin 30 provided with a detachable picture supporting element 31. In the lower, larger portion 21 of 7 plate 10 there will be seen a pin guide 32 struck out from readily operable adjustable device for hanging pictures.

and the like, and which device, after attachment to a support, such as a wall, will facilitate height adjustment of suspended articles by a simple hand operation and without the use of any sort of tools.

The foregoing object and still further objects of the present invention will become more fully apparent from the ensuing description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of one form of the device in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 illustrates a vertical section view through a modified form of the device taken along lines 3-3 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 4 is a section taken along lines 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the device shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view of one form of a supporting element used in the present device;

Fig. 7 illustrates another, simplified form of an adjustable suspension element;

Fig. 8 is a side elevation, partly in section, of another modified hanger structure;

Fig. 9 is a plan view thereof, indicating how the device is produced; and

Fig. 10 is a section through Fig. 8 taken on line 10--10.

As seen in Figs. 1 and 2, the device consists of a platelike base 10 which is adapted to bear or rest against an existing support, such as a wall indicated at 11. Extending centrally from plate 10 is a rib 12 with which is associated a tubular member 13, slightly spaced from base 10. Tubular member 13 is threaded internally for receiving a threaded pin 14 provided with a turning knob 15. Threaded pin 14 is inserted from the bottom of tubular member 13, and in the upper portion of that member there is housed pin 16 with a smooth outer body and having at its extreme outer end an enlargement or head 17 provided with a plurality of prongs or serrations 18, for accommodating suspension means of a picture, such as a wire. Above rib 12 and at the upper part of plate 10 there is provided a tubular nail guide 19 into which is passed an attaching nail 20 preparatory to attaching the device to an existing support.

A modified form of the present device is shown in Figs. 3 to 5, inclusive. There again a base plate 10" is employed in the form of a stamping, which plate is adapted to rest against the wall 11., The lower portion 21 the body of that plate portion and shaped to a tubular structure, as clearly seen in Fig. 4. Pin guide 32 is threaded internally for the reception of threaded pin 33, which latter is provided with an operating knob 34. Pin 33 engages the bottom end of smooth pin 30, which is operative within guide 32.

It is preferred, that picture supporting element 31, used in connection with the device shown in Figs. 3 to 5, be threaded internally, and smooth pin 30 be reduced at its upper end and also threaded so that the head or picture supporting element 31 may be easily attached or removed, so that it can be attached to pin 30 after the latter is inserted through the lower end of guide 32, before threaded pin 33 is placed therein.

In Figs. 7 to 10 there is illustrated a simple form of a smooth pin 30' provided at its upper, outer end with a notch 35 for the reception of a picture wire or the like.

By providing just that simple notch at the end of the pin, the provision of a head or enlargement, such as head 17 or 31, is obviated. I

Figs. 8, 9 and 10 show a modified structure of the present device which is believed to be the simplest form of the present hanger in the shape of a single stamping devoid of an internal thread.

Referring now particularly to Fig. 9, broken line 36 indicates the original lower width portion of the stamping, which is subsequently shaped in the manner seen in Fig. 10 to form a tubular structure 36 for the reception of smooth pin 30' and for the upper end of a screw or threaded member 33', the latter having an operating knob 34. At the lower end of tubular structure 36' there is provided a recess 37 for the reception of an ordinary nut 38. The provision of such a nut obviates the threading of tubular structure 36, thus simplifying and cheapening the hanger structure.

The upper portion of this modified form is similar to that shown in Figs. 3 to 5 and is indicated at 2-3. It again consists of a hook formation with a lip 24 provided with a perforation 25', While a corresponding perforation 27 is made in the body of hook 23' for the reception and guidance of an attaching nail 26'.

Operation When the present adjustable hanger is attached to the wall by means of a nail, either head 17 or 31 or pin slot 35 (Fig. 7) is ready for receiving a picture suspension wire. When the wire is securely placed, adjusting pins 14, 33 or 33 are turned by means of their knobs, whereby the positioning of smooth pins 16, 30, 30' is effected. Thus a height adjustment of the picture is easily made.

While the drawings illustrate but three modified forms of the present device, it is obvious that structural changes may be made to simplify production so as to minimize production cost, but without departing from the basic idea of the present invention, that is of an adjustable picture hanger facilitating hand adjustment without the use of any tools whatsoever, as defined by the annexed claims.

What is claimed as new is:

1. In an adjustable hanger for pictures and the like for permanently resting against a fixed support and hav ing means for receiving and directing into such fixed support an attaching nail for said guide member, a guide element for a pin forming a part of said guide member, a smooth pin movable within and extending partly beyond said guide element and having at its outer, upper end a head-forming enlargement provided with means for ac-- commodating and supporting picture suspension means, and a threaded adjusting member for said pin adapted to adjustably support the interior end of the pin within said guide element, said adjusting member extending partly below the guide element.

2. In an adjustable hanger as in claim 1, said guide member comprising a one-piece structure having a substantially cylindrical portion for accommodating both said pin and said adjusting member for the pin, means at the lower end of said cylindrical portion for operative engagement by said adjusting member so that the latter can be moved axially within said cylindrical portion to effect height adjustments of said pin.

3. In an adjustable hanger as in claim 2, and wherein said guide member consists of a base adapted to bear against a fixed support, a rib extending from the base, a cylindrical element integral with said rib and being substantially parallel with said base and having an internally threaded portion, said smooth pin and said threaded adjusting member for the latter being operative within said cylindrical element, said means for receiving and directing an attaching nail for the hanger comprising a guide tube integral with the upper end of said base; said head-forming enlargement for accommodating and supporting picture suspension means at the outer, upper end of the pin being provided with a series of projections.

4. In an adjustable hanger as in claim 1, and wherein said guide member comprises a stamping forming a base from which is struck out a substantially cylindrical guide element extending from the base and serving for accommodating said smooth pin and said adjusting member, the upper end of the base being shaped to an angular formation having aligned perforations for receiving and directing an attaching nail, an internal thread within said cylindrical guide element for engagement by said threaded adjusting member to facilitate its axial movement within said guide element, thus effecting height adjustment of said pin.

5. In an adjustable hanger as in claim 1, said guide member comprising an integral structure having a substantially flat base from which is formed a substantially cylindrical guide element for said pin and said adjusting member, the lower end of said guide element having a recess, a nut fitting into and held in fixed position in said recess for engagement by said threaded adjusting member which extends into said guide element, the upper end of said guide member having an angular formation with aligned apertures for receiving and directing an attaching nail for the hanger.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,697,572 Pfankuch Dec. 21, 1954 2,723,096 Schwartz Nov. 8, 1955 FOREIGN PATENTS 577,343 Great Britain May 14, 1946 

